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DEDICATION. 

"In memory of those whose lives on 
earth exemplified the meaning of 
this Book, who now interpret to you, 
illuminating the pathway to Eternity." 



Copyright, 1910, by the Arden Press, New York. 



CI. A 26 14 7 8 



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PREFACE. 

We hope to present the truth in such form 
as will dispel doubt and uncertainty. The 
effort will be to prevent a lack of decision in 
the minds of those who read; that they may 
absorb sufficiently strong proof to enable 
their minds, not only to discuss these prob- 
lems, but to satisfactorily comprehend the 
tenets of a superior wisdom, and we assert 
without fear of failure, our ability to give out 
what may be desired. 

The mental attitude of the reader should be 
receptive, that is, with the intention to grasp ; 
holding naturally the power to discuss. 

We have the power to interpret. 

We make use of the one mind whose power 
we are at liberty to control. 



We shall unfold slowly, and with precision; 
it will not be an abrupt ascent, but a positive 
growth, so interesting as to claim attention. 

The unfolding of a Divine truth is the in- 
terpretation of the word of God. 

Your effort should be so attuned to the In- 
finite that your grasp on the Higher intelli- 
gence may be sufficiently strong to produce an 
impression upon the finite mind. 

We wish to assist scientific research; we 
mean the problems which have been pro- 
pounded by the great minds of the Universe ; 
our desire is to contest some of these problems, 
that is, to bring more light, more proof to 
them. 

In the meantime we shall endeavor to give 
you cursory glances of your future home, so 
that you, with others, may learn to take the 
necessary steps toward your advancement, for 



while progressing where you stand, you mate- 
rially advance your progress here. In this 
way we mean to aid mankind, working in ac- 
cord with the Divine mind. 

A task has been given; we assume the re- 
sponsibility; we return to your earth plane to 
teach ; so much has been given us, so much was 
given you, as shown by the fact of your desire 
for knowledge and improvement. We will re- 
turn again, and yet again, till our task has been 
accomplished. 



CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER PAGE 

Preface iii 

I. The Demand 9 

II. Control 11 

III. The Mysteries of Life . . 23 

IV. Acting Forces 28 

V. The Magnetic Force ... 34 

VI. The Forces at Work — Good 

and Evil 44 

VII. The Effort to Attain ... 54 

VIII. The Mind 61 

IX. How Can We Know? . . 73 

X. Prayer 82 

XL Moral Law 87 

XII. Law of Love and Order . 99 



CHAPTER I. 

THE DEMAND. 

YOUR demand was to have some under- 
standing of 
i. The Mysteries of Life. 

2. The Creative Forces. 

3. Evolution. 

4. The Soul Life. 

Your demand has breadth, depth, as well 
as a profound attitude of thought request; 
we will endeavor to make clear at least a part 
of your desire. We work within confines our- 
selves, our vision not being perfected. 

We draw our mentality from the Superior 
forces, making, as it were, a battery. Now 
this battery has incoming currents and out- 
going currents of mentality; the incoming 

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must be of great force to reproduce a like cur- 
rent. What we give we first have to collect. 
No current is a current or can become a 
dominating force without the battery. We 
shall endeavor later to explain the wave cur- 
rents, not only electrical but mental. 



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CHAPTER II. 

CONTROL. 

THE power to commune with the Infinite 
mind can be attained only by earnest 
effort; it is an endowment, the highest 
privilege transmitted to man. In its use, that 
is, in its conception of the Infinite, it draws 
only in proportion to its ability to conceive. 

This power, if rightfully used, never fades ; 
the gift once given can never be taken away. 
We do not recognize individual personal- 
ity, that is, in the same way that you do, for 
ive have no language only perception. 

We work with the grand force called in- 
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telligence; this force indicates personality, in- 
dividuality ; it becomes a dominating force, so 
powerful as to absorb the human faculties and 
erase the personality of the medium. 

We speak of this force as a flowing current 
of ideas passing through the medium. This 
current has no one dominating intelligence, 
that is, no sex, and is not an individual, or the 
result of a single intelligence on our plane. 

The concentration of thought put in the 
form of a question from several minds on your 
plane forms a wave current of thought, which 
vibrates, the battery responds and you get the 
answering current or response through our in- 
termediary. 

There is then, the question which is pro- 
duced by the concentration of thought form- 
ing its wave current, it touches the battery, 
giving out its response through our inter- 

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mediary. There must be the battery, for that 
is the center of attraction. 

We are the battery storage of force, through 
which this superior intelligence passes. 
Minds coming in contact with this wave cur- 
rent of mentality, responding in proportion as 
they grasp, assist in so far the development, by 
adding to the wave current of mentality. 

The wave current having been started has 
its response, in consequence of which the same 
result ensues, as when two minds meet, each 
having stimulated into action its own wave 
current of thought. These minds meet to un- 
derstand each other's mind, and the action 
thereof is the reproduction of their thought. 
Now, then, we do the same thing. The nor- 
mal brain is stimulated by the thought cur- 
rent of the other mind. This should be as 
plain to you as it is on your present sphere of 

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action, the stimulating current remaining more 
or less the same. Simply, the mind you stimu- 
late you cannot see, neither can you see the ac- 
tion of the mind on the human plane. Is it 
the more wonderful where you cannot see the 
workings of the human mind? 

Is it impossible to understand that somehow 
or somewhere there is a correct transmission of 
thought, of a mind stimulating itself to action 
outside of its own knowledge? The current 
producing this exists; our intermediary is in 
that current, and has the power to draw others 
within it. 

We put the human faculties in quick action 
by our superior thought transference. When 
an unintelligent answer without consecutive 
thought is given it is apparent that the current 
is not quite sufficiently strong to dominate the 

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faculties, that is, the brain faculty, into as 
quick action as is necessary. 

Say the method o'f doing this is like the tap- 
ping of a drum head. As you strike there is 
reverberation, depending upon how loudly 
you strike; is that clear? 

Now then, we understand that striking a 
drum head means reverberation of sound as 
the direct result of a mechanical action, but 
you can see in this mechanical action there are 
forces to produce sound. 

So it is with us, with our forces at work. 
We strike, not to produce sound, but thought, 
(meaning idea) as there can be no mechanical 
action as in the case of the drum which we 
have cited. It becomes then a wave current of 
superior intelligence striking on a less highly 
developed intelligence than that with which 
we are endowed, hence the enormous difficul- 
ties of the situation. 

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The human organ with which we work does 
not always respond with accuracy to the 
pressure of superior intelligence brought upon 
it. 

We are sent to create new thought, to de- 
velop the desire for improvement. When our 
work completes itself we shall have given out 
pages teeming with interest, which at least 
will arrest the attention of the more thought- 
ful, and awaken a new interest in this line of 
thought. 

* * * * Prophecy to be given in a 
later book. 

We are asked to interpret here again the 
solutions we have been able to reach through 
mental activity both here and beyond. 

We represent the minds at work on our 
side, perhaps a better word is — Combination. 
We represent the forces at work; so called in- 

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telligent, consecutive, currents of ideas. 
Names are meaningless, definitions as to per- 
sonality do not affect the subject. 

It takes more than one to create the impres- 
sion on our intermediary, or medium, it takes 
a combination on our side to start our current, 
or you might say intellectual force, or mental- 
ity, as against every other current. To set our 
current in motion we follow a law, which we 
will call a Divine Law; everything must be 
in accordance with the Divine. We take no 
steps to further any development without the 
aid of, or rather we act in accordance with, 
the Divine Law. 

In the frequency of Indian controls, it's a 
question of mental ability; the savage mind is 
an untutored, untrained mechanism. As the de- 
velopment of the savage is so incomplete, that 
is, on the earthly plane, it must necessarily 

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complete itself here more slowly, therefore 
the capacity for understanding is more akin 
to control an untrained, untutored apparatus 
with greater facility. 

We do not wish you to gather that we do 
not bring with us here, and cherish all the love 
that we created or that was created about us, 
this being in accordance with the Law of 
Love. We do not wish you to infer, that we 
so lose all identity here as to become unrecog- 
nizable to each other, meaning those who are 
kindred or of one family. 

You are liable to draw erroneous concep- 
tions, as we cannot fully explain owing to your 
limitations of vision, and it is with difficulty 
we are able to make good all your demands 
upon us, and make intelligible the forces. 

We have put in force the vibrating currents 
under our control, which correspond more 

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nearly to the desires or ideas or questions you 
wish answered. 

When communicating we make use of a 
dominating force, rather than any single indi- 
vidual intelligence; disabuse your mind of 
personality in this matter. We are working 
on a different plane of action, for the reason 
that with different human mechanisms we em- 
ploy diverse methods. You are subject en- 
tirely to our dictation. You are the instru- 
ment we use for this work. 

Later the topics will be more interesting; 
this is all preliminary. We have our work 
under arrangement, we have our plan, the de- 
tails are more or less subject to change, but 
not the main fund of information. These few 
papers we designate as the Primer — in dis- 
tinction from more profound transmission of 
thought which is to follow. 

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You have the power to draw from these, 
our forces of intelligence, what you desire most 
to know. 

We think we understand the needs of man- 
kind, and whether you question or not, you 
will get information. 

The active qualities of the mind of the in- 
termediary are in our possession, the others 
are dormant, asleep. 

Finite mind grasps our superior intelligence 
through the medium or intermediary of the 
so-called human faculty — Brain. The intel 
ligence that we wish to convey becomes as 
an electrical current so powerful as to domin- 
ate the mind. When carried to perfection this 
dominating force has complete control of all 
the faculties, for the time being. It does not 
lie within our power to dominate any mind 
to its destruction. Were this otherwise, it 

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would be in direct opposition to one of the 
greatest Laws, that of Progress, and as the 
creative forces work in harmony and in per- 
fect unison, one with the other, there can be 
no interference, neither on our plane, nor on 
yours. 

We learn here slowly, we trace our way 
through the impenetrable mysteries of the 
multitudinous Planets, all under one domi- 
nating force. Our progress is as the ratio of 
our spiritual advancement or power of percep- 
tion. As we grow in the Grace of God, so we 
grow in our understanding of His Laws. With 
our superior wisdom we give help to others 
just learning the Divine alphabet, so that in 
time, they, then understanding our Spiritual 
language, progress with us, thus helping to in- 
crease the power of our force. We mean the 

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knowledge of His Laws — the understanding 
of the Divine mind. 

Nature is the great exemplification of the 
Divine mind. You have only to behold na- 
ture and the marvels of her handiwork to 
grasp the magnitude of thought. We err in 
using the word "grasp," for you cannot hope 
to grasp, that word is all embracing and quite 
beyond your reach ; we mean rather Search for 
the magnitude of the Divine mind. 



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CHAPTER III. 

THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE. 

LIFE is the energy of matter. Life is an 
energy, a force, working in accord- 
ance with the Divine Law of Crea- 
tion. The meaning of the Law of Creation 
comes under the head of the creative force, 
which sets in motion a wave current of devel- 
opment. Now this development may be phy- 
sical, may be mental, but the creative force it- 
self is the Divine energy. By Divine energy 
is meant the creative force of the Almighty. 
There is the distinction always between the 
energy which is Divine, and the energy of 
matter. The Divine energy becomes the cre- 
ative energy. 

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Life existing in the lowest form is the in- 
finitesimal spark of the Divine mind. It 
must therefore have its creative force within. 
This being the fact, it has the power to recre- 
ate. We call this power and this recreative 
force the Divine energy. 

It throbs, it pulsates with creative force, 
and therefore must come under the head of 
Divine. It has its force, its current, its mag- 
netism, through its magnetic current. It at- 
taches itself to the great energy of living vi- 
tality. 

It is then an attribute tending towards its 
source; it give out as it takes in, and is then in 
itself a creative force. 

The forces (you may find this difficult to 
grasp ; an energy is a force, and when we refer 
to an energy we mean a force, or the forces.) 

A force increases in volume and strength 
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as it takes on its numberless attributes, it must; 
anything becomes larger that is added to. 

The beginning of life is the moment when 
the inanimate is drawn within the creative 
force or current. That is done through the 
magnetic force and power of attachment. 

Do you not see the currents are there, that 
is, they exist, and as they exist they also have 
the power of attraction, and they draw to- 
wards the inanimate. This is in accord- 
ance with the Divine Law of Progress. 

The greatest of all Laws is that of Prog- 
ress, growth, development. 

The inanimate has to become animate; as 
this is done through the power of attraction, 
it must in its turn not only reach its develop- 
ment along these lines, gaining its strength by 
degrees, but adding at the same time its own 
force to the current in which it finds itself. 

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As you develop, more of these currents will be 
explained. You now have the creative cur- 
rent. 

Now you are within the greater, the 
grander, force, of this self same current. You 
are a part of it. This then is the energy of 
Life. 

It is the dominant force of nature. Every- 
thing pulsates. We do not mean that every- 
thing pulsates in the same degree. 

There is the higher pulsation which means 
the greater creative force, within itself having 
the power to recreate. 

The atom may become the protoplasm, as 
it finds itself drawn into the magnetic current. 

The protoplasm is the infinitesimal form 
of life, the protoplasm is a combination. The 
atom has no life, and is therefore matter, but 
the atom must become the protoplasm, and 

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the protoplasm must have its action of life ac- 
celerated. Hence it cannot remain a proto- 
plasm, it must progresss. 

We think you should have this quite clear. 
We endeavor to be simple as well as explicit. 

This is a topic without end. We will give 
you more on the vital side of life. 

Then there comes the distinction between 
the mental, physical and the Divine life. We 
will continue with the forces first and en- 
deavor to make it conclusive. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

ACTING FORCES. 

THE acting forces are currents, mov- 
ing with a greater or less degree of 
rapidity, as they are able to take 
on, each one to itself, an increase, or greater 
volume of force, having a like degree 
of the power of attraction; that is, in pro- 
portion to the power ai attraction contained in 
themselves the ratio increases. 

There are also tributaries to the great cur- 
rents which are drawn in by the magnetic 
power of attraction, each smaller tributary as- 
suming or taking on, its own individuality, 

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that is, a single current has but the power of 
its own attraction. 

The currents then become forces, emanating, 
we may say, from the infinitesimal beginning 
of the demands of the Great Creative Force. 

You therefore cannot control these forces; 
they are the great forces of nature. First the 
Creative, then the recreative force, Progress, 
and finally Development. 

Vegetation has its vital 'force. While these 
forces work in accordance, one with the other, 
they never interfere with, or augment the 
progress one of the other. 

The Vegetable Kingdom has its force, we 
may say, its own energy of action, that is, it has 
a perfect development of the Creative force 
within its tributaries which form its life giving 
current. 

This also applies to the Animal Kingdom. 
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It has its creative and recreative force, 
dominated by a superior force of intelligence, 
which you do not find in your Vegetable 
Kingdom. 

How does this intelligence or mental attri- 
bute in the Animal Kingdom find its original 
source? 

This current or force draws to itself 
through its power of attraction a more vital 
current, a stronger energy. 

This vital force develops with the mental 
forces in the Animal Kingdom. The dawn of 
its mentality must be infinitesimal. The dom- 
inating, or vital force, becomes so powerful a 
factor as to generate within its own force the 
mental. 

This action having taken place, and the 
mental current established, it becomes eventu- 
ally a force in itself. 

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You have in the beginning of the Universe 
the physical forces at work. You have the 
physical forces producing size in the animals; 
you have but to study Natural History, or 
early conditions of your sphere to prove this 
fact. 

The mental current has its own energy, has 
the power to attract, to give out, always rein- 
forcing itself as we have already stated. 

These are the currents in which Man is be- 
ing developed, the final development on your 
sphere through this process, by means of the 
Animal Kingdom^ he has evolved. It is then 
evolution on the great plane of your action. 

Now you have the mental and the physical 
currents. Out of these comes the Psychic or 
Spiritual, as a force, and a current. 

This vital force develops from the power 
of its own energy, as it proceeds, from the very 

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nature of its force, it takes on, or takes to it- 
self, not only more tributaries, but becomes 
more dominant. Developing along these 
lines, it assumes grander proportions and be- 
comes the dominant force of life. 

This knowledge is not only of vast import- 
ance, but of the greatest difficulty to give out, 
owing to the necessity of exact reproduction 
of our meaning. 

You have then so far the three Kingdoms, 
the Animal, so-called Vegetable, and Min- 
eral. The lowest is the Mineral. It has no 
vital force, no mental energy. A force of in- 
finitesimal atoms, so divided and subdivided 
as to become legion in its qualifications and 
compound in its development. 

Having these three Kingdoms you have 
Nature in its entirety. These currents em- 
ployed by Nature develop along these lines. 

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These are the currents in the separate King- 
doms, each one acting independently of the 
other, drawing through their tributaries the 
necessary forces for their progress and final 
development. 

You have the three energies and the explan- 
ation of their sources. As we proceed we will 
give you their developments. 

Man finds himself directly in the current 
of the Animal Kingdom. 



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CHAPTER V. 

THE MAGNETIC FORCE. 

THE Battery, already explained, is in- 
tended to reproduce a force which it 
draws to itself through its magnetic 
power of attraction^ and as it does not hold or 
retain this elemental force, it gives it out, de- 
pleting itself; becomes then ready to take in 
fresh force. We think you asked the origin of 
this force? 

Its origin is in the Great Creator of all 
forces or as we say, the " Great Creative 
Force." It may be more conclusive to some 

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minds to say Creator. We recognize "Crea- 
ative Force" or Forces as the Power. 

This so-called magnetic force is a life cur- 
rent; one of its energies, or the element of 
power contained in this force, is its vital life. 
It exists through its vitality, grows in volume, 
and as it attracts vital force to itself, and de- 
velops itself in form, is it not Life itself? 

This vital current having life within itself, 
develops life in various forms. 

These various forms of life develop them- 
selves, in proportion to the vital current in 
which the embryo finds itself. These currents 
are of diverse magnitude, and as the atom 
finds itself in the vital current, it will depend 
upon the power of attraction in the atom to 
draw to itself a greater or lesser degree of vi- 
tal force, to develop its physical proportions. 

We refer to the Animal Kingdom ; the be- 
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ginning of this Kingdom does not show men- 
tality. 

There is growth continuous in everything, 
nothing is stagnant, nothing is, but what must 
contribute to its elemental force. No one por- 
tion of the Kingdom is exempt from the work 
of evolution. It is all a constant, gradual pro- 
gression. 

Understand that no vitality is lost. At the 
expiration of time what appears to you as a 
clod, lifeless, gives up its vitality not as a loss 
but as a gain to the great vital force. 

Do you not see that the volume of the vital 
force must increase, and in its use it must de- 
velop itself, and eventually must return to its 
source? 

To continue, in the Animal Kingdom. We 
are not yet on the mental plane. We are 
studying the vital force, or the vital forces, the 

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origin, the source, the demand upon it and its 
return to itself through its own power of at- 
traction. 

A life-giving current once put in motion 
does not cease ; as time is eternal, so a force is 
without end. 

It draws to itself, thereby accumulating 
force as the power to contain must equal the 
drain. 

It depends upon the power of the proto- 
plasm to draw to itself a larger amount of 
vitality through its own greater or lesser de- 
gree of magnetism. 

If it has not the power to draw on this cur- 
rent, it must content itself with less vitality, 
hence a lower, feebler form of intelligence, or 
life. 

You have now the vital life in the Animal 
Kingdom before its contact with any mental 

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force. The explanation of the vital current 
has been given, that is, the existing magnetic 
current, or force, the increase, which ever oc- 
curs, and the going out^ furthering a more 
vital, but always a more physical life all con- 
fined under the lower Animal Kingdom. 
This is the vital energy, with no dominant 
force of mentality. 

Now you ask, when does this vitality in- 
crease its mental energy? 

In the lower Animal Kingdom there are no 
organs under the denomination of mental 
organs. There is simply life and the sense of 
perception. 

This is the beginning; hence you will ob- 
serve, that in the beginning of the Universe, 
the great size of the Animal Kingdom is dom- 
inant. 

With time, however, this dominating force 
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has the power to concentrate through the in- 
creasing vitality which it must ever draw to 
itself. 

The animal itself does not become the hu- 
man being. A fish having very little of the 
vital force gives out what little force it con- 
tains, but this little in connection with other 
forces also given out from the lower orders 
eventually becomes a combination of force. 

It is not the animal that becomes man, it is 
the uniting of animal vitalities. 

We refer to the vital force as a power, as 
a current, starting as a physical force only, this 
current has only the power to draw to itself 
the physical vital force. Its increase is de- 
pendent upon its power to attract its own kind 
of force. 

You have the physical energy, that is life ; 
the energy of matter, this is the beginning, 

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your beginning. We are at the beginning of 
the Universe. 

You are but partially aware of the existing 
forces on the planet where you live. With 
clearer vision you will see the great forces at 
work in the millions of planets, all with cur- 
rents and forces at work, in various stages of 
development. 

With the gradual development of the physi- 
cal — that is with a greater concentration of 
vitality — there must be generated a greater 
volume of force than can be contained within 
itself. By the gradual completion of this pro- 
cess, a faint attribute of a faculty is evolved. 

By faculty we mean conception, or awaken- 
ing. When once the physical finds itself dom- 
inated by a stronger, higher force, it must ex- 
pand. 

There is no such thing in nature as retro- 
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gression; all must progress. Now in progres- 
sion what appears to decay is not lost, but goes 
on as before, that is, it attaches itself to the 
current which has given it life, and to 
v/hich it belongs. 

To go back, we are where the protoplasm 
is beginning to attain some degree of intelli- 
gence. 

Now this intelligence develops itself in pro- 
portion to its own power of action, or in the 
ratio of its speed, that is, movement. A cur- 
rent flows, runs, is not lifeless. 

Now we are at the point where the proto- 
plasm attaches itself through, we will say, its 
velocity. 

In the first gleam of intelligence, with the 
beginning of a mental growth^ the same rule 
holds good, it cannot remain quiescent. 

This vitality has its source in the Great 
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Creator* and is by him directed into a force- 
ful current of Life. Having an impetus given 
it, it increases as it advances, from its own 
velocity, force or power, its object being to 
increase, to grow and eventually to attain the 
Soul. 

This current being the energy of its ex- 
istence, increases in its power of attraction, 
therefore must assume a grander life. 

You have first the infinitesimal life, you 
have then the growth of this life, and eventu- 
ally you have a Soul Life. 

The Vegetable Kingdom does not find it- 
self in the same life-giving current, that is, 
in the vital current. It is generated, and it 
generates itself, and has second place. It has 
not the power to ever assume the Soul life, 
hence it remains quite distinct 

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In process of time evolution completes it- 
self. 

Any form of life in the Animal Kingdom 

taking on a higher form of life draws a greater 
vital current to itself. 



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CHAPTER VI. 

THE FORCES AT WORK OF GOOD AND EVIL. 

THE Soul development means the com- 
pletion of all the working forces. 
The process of development means 
the awakening. By awakening we mean, a 
desire for attainment, for better things, a 
higher purpose, loftier sentiment, and the am- 
bition to become more worthy, to take on such 
attributes as will elevate, to learn the A. B. C. 
of the Divine language. 

Man exists on your plane of action in a more 
or less numb condition, that is, as regards the 
higher life, and the highest atributes which he 

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is to attain, and must attain, before his Spiri- 
tual enlightenment. 

This stage is slow, owing to the counter cur- 
rents, that is, the evil surrounding Man. 

Temptation presents itself in every form, 
and there is not a sufficiently strong current of 
objection. 

The currents of good and evil are very pow- 
erful. Man is drawn towards these currents 
by the same power of attraction. The power 
of these currents is possibly inexplicable to 
you. 

Conditions of Evil do not surround Man, 
unless they are brought to him by his own 
weakness. Evil exists, but cannot pursue. It 
must ever be in abeyance to the Creative 
Force. It exists rather as an impartial force. 
Fear no Evil therefore, it must be forever 
under the Law of Supreme Control. 

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The evil surrounding man is of his own 
making. The weak or unbalanced mind gen- 
erates a bewilderment of the senses, which 
having no guide, becomes a forceful current 
of lower thought difficult to regulate. This 
force augmented in every direction becomes a 
great power, never overlooked, but being as 
featherweight in comparison to the Universal 
Law of Love and order. Evil can never be 
but the wasted energy of this force. 

Control, then, becomes the essential factor 
in every life, control of the senses. Mind must 
ever dominate. To regulate and guide the 
mind it must be attuned to the Divine mind. 

To attain this stage of perfection must be- 
come the aim of the wise Soul. 

Evil cannot exist in the clear light of the 
Heavenly World. 

Every Soul must purify itself before it can 
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dwell with us. We help strengthen the desire 
of the Soul. 

It is not within our power to arrest an evil 
influence, thought or deed, otherwise we 
should break one of the highest laws and put 
an end to the necessary conflict which is the 
Salvation of the Soul, as every life is account- 
able to itself, and must attain its perfect pro- 
portions through the combating of evil and 
the final triumph of Good. 

The life-giving current stimulates the ac- 
tion of life, but in stimulating the higher life 
here this current has its own force, its greater 
power of attraction, and would not only draw, 
but contain all within. 

But where it does not succeed in attaching 
itself it is because of the predominating evil 
intention or desire, consequently it has its dis- 

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tinctive energy which has to be reckoned 
with. 

These Evil and Good currents are always 
fighting each other, always. These are the 
Soul forces, these are the currents causing the 
development of the Soul. As the Soul realizes 
what is expected of it, it begins its effort at 
attachment and it depends upon the capacity 
of this Soul to realize the fbrces at work and 
the magnitude of its own effort to attain suc- 
cess. 

There must be the conscious desire. With 
the conscious effort comes the power to domi- 
nate the life and to free itself. 

When once this action begins, the power of 
attraction asserts itself, and a more continuous 
effort is made. 

There can be no retrogression. Happiness 
is man's highest aim. By happiness we mean 

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inward satisfaction, a life conscious of its own 
effort to improve. 

This is not a climb of unbroken serenity. 
There are always the obstacles to be overcome, 
and the fight lasts till the vision is clearer. 

As the atmosphere clears itself, a faint 
glimmer of the horizon is in sight. This comes 
right here, on earth. One can do more for his 
future advancement before he goes than after. 
There are many who do not see, but the en- 
deavor should be to create the desire for im- 
provement. 

That desire will stimulate itself by its own 
force, and must eventually, through its force, 
attach itself to the Great Current. 

No effort at attainment can be banished 
from the Soul ; that is its attribute. 

The degree of development depends upon 
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the effort, that is what we mean by proper ap- 
preciation, of high ideals. 

It is evolution, it must all evolve itself. 
Persevere. 

The perfection of the Soul then becomes its 
life work, the rapid growth depending upon 
efforts made in each individual case. 

To attain becomes one's highest endeavor, 
to be free from the material body means 
quicker progress; a Soul has no other desire 
than to climb. 

Mortal man is an unbeliever, owing to lack 
of faith. Without belief all is as naught. 

Faith is the intuitive perception of things 
unseen. While the material progress is man's 
aim, so clouding the eyes of the Soul. He 
climbs not at all. Faith is lost sight of in im- 
penetrable darkness. His Soul slumbers, it 
stagnates. 

Faith is the guide, the one source of light, 
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and as the light glows, so shall the soul wake 
and follow. Faith is the all absorbing prob- 
lem confronting mankind. It dwells in the 
human breast but insufficiently; some attain 
rapidly while others crawl. 

An untrained Soul has much to accomplish 
here but it has the example of perfection be- 
fore it, and the accomplishment of its pur- 
pose is in proportion to the desire. 

All recognize the worth of purity, but re- 
quire to be stimulated to further effort. All 
have their opportunity here, seeing with a 
clearer perception, and so grasp the Divine 
laws. 

Progress is slow, as wasted opportunities 
have been a clog, but the progress of man is 
on the increase. The stages of man are 
diverse, and one life time bears witness to but 
the faintest speck on the great horizon of time. 

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Every generation in passing has its guiding 
star, and leaves its imprint on the civilization 
of its time. Some generations mark great eras 
of material progress. All is important as a 
part, leading up to the perfect whole. Con- 
template the road already traversed by man. 
Say nothing is impossible. A gradual growth 
therefore is in accordance with what has gone 
before, meaning the Soul's progress. As man 
climbs, Spiritually, faith keeps apace with 
him. 

The Spirit and mind are not always in tune. 
The mind is not the Spirit. The mind domi- 
nates the physical side. The Spiritual is a 
thing apart, and must be sought for. The mind 
is only the dominating force of a life on your 
plane of action, and does not count for much, 
that is, in comparison to the Divine. 

The mental faculties are not lost, neither do 
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they decay. The mind is the aid in stimulat- 
ing the desire, it is, so to speak, the eyes of the 
Soul. It is not the development of that Soul. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

THE EFFORT TO ATTAIN. 
NIMAL life is distinctive from the 



Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms, 
from the lack of their future develop- 
ment. By this we mean the continuance of 
life through eternity. 

In order to obtain this^ such forms ai life 
must be represented as will permit of Soul 
development. 

As the development on the physical plane 
proceeds, it must ever seek to attain its perfec- 
tion through Soul life. j 
The highest form of life in the Animal 
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Kingdom develops its own individual Soul 
life, this action being stimulated by a recog- 
nized improvement. A Soul should become 
conscious of the Divine purpose by its own 
effort to attain. 

You can now understand why attainment is 
a vital point. 

Attainment becomes Progress, with the 
knowledge of its improvement, hence the de- 
sire grows for greater and grander advance. 

The Soul is therefore from its nature de- 
pendent upon its own effort, this being the 
only current then that man has in his power 
to accelerate, it being given him 'for this pur- 
pose. This fact not being fully recognized is 
greatly diminished in force. The Soul is 
the infinitesimal signification of the Divine 
mind implanted in every human being or 

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mechanism. The Spirit is the Soul of man 
and the two are virtually the same. 

The Spirit is the indwelling Soul of man 
and the Soul is the development of that Spirit, 
and has its Divine life to lead, and can use the 
mortal body but once. 

Starting with the mortal it becomes immor- 
tal, following the Divine Law of Progress. 
One step backward would mar the Law of 
Evolution. "The mortal shall put on the im- 
mortal," never the reverse. 

First prove your hypothesis, draw your de- 
duction, conclude your argument. 

Life in the form o'f man develops a Soul. 
This being the only form so to develop, it 
should arrive at a state of perfection. 

You can cultivate the power of attraction. 
That is the point that is the least understood. 
We have not the power to elevate mankind. 
iVIan elevates himself through his individual 

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effort, and attains only in proportion as he 
excels. This is a Law governing develop- 
ment. 

On the plane of action in which you find 
yourself the material must always dominate. 
It is a material world you live in. The life, 
of necessity, is one of physical exertion com- 
bined with mental labor. This must ever be, 
and the influences surrounding man partake of 
the character of the life of the individual, 
that is, you draw to you the influences that 
combine with your activity in the sphere in 
which you find yourself. The higher your as- 
pirations, the stronger and the purer influ- 
ences you attract, the conclusion naturally be- 
ing that a low-lived, thoughtless Soul has not 
the power of attraction, and will wallow in- 
definitely in its own debasement until such 
time as it shall be aroused, through the power 

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of attraction, to some higher course. Now you 
have the influences which surround man, you 
have the influences which may become exis- 
tent, or non-existent; in other words, it lies 
within the power of the human Soul to draw 
to it either Good or Evil. 

The "Earth bound Soul" does not stimulate 
itself to perceive, its energies are exhausted, 
and therefore having marred its Progress, it 
stands in greater need of activity to proceed. 
It must accomplish its painful task, being at 
the same time able to clearly distinguish 
wherein it has failed in its mission. 

This does not mean that its task is hopeless 
but of greater difficulty. 

Man creates, therefore, his own atmosphere, 
and as he creates a higher atmosphere about 
him, just in that proportion can we approach. 
We attempt to influence. We have not the 

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power to do this of our own accord, but only 
in obedience to the Divine Law. There are 
few who strive for improvement, many who 
strive for knowledge for diverse reasons, but 
with earnest seeking for improvement, life on 
a higher plane will come. 

You will easily see the difference between 
the workers for wisdom and those who trail 
aimlessly, looking earthward. This, then, be- 
comes a sufficient reason why some advance, 
gaining at every step, while others stand still, 
waiting for the impossible. 

There can be no hasty realization of a God, 
for the indwelling Soul of man must climb. 
There can be no rapid realization. 

A debased Soul has no perception and must 
first grow in Divine knowledge in such a way 
as to be able to draw itself within a Superior 

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force ai knowledge. In this way only does 
it begin its ascent. 

We perceive in proportion as we grow, or 
develop ourselves in the Soul life. So it is 
with consciousness, meaning celestial cogni- 
zance, depending upon the power of the Soul 
itself. The energy of the Soul life is often a 
waste force, requiring great assistance to 
arouse itself to action here. It becomes evolu- 
tion, or, in other words, the carrying out of 
the greatest, or the fundamental "Law of the 
Creative Force." 



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CHAPTER VIII. 

THE MIND. 

THE mind of man is the most complex 
portion of the whole human struc- 
ture. The mind dominates and accel- 
erates the activities of life. We use the word, 
the expression, rather, human structure, pur- 
posely, in a distinctive way, as belonging en- 
tirely to the Earthly plane of action. 

This human body grows and develops only 
in proportion as it is dominated by faculties 
which you call — Brain. 

This dominating influence, this brain 
power, is the gift of God Almighty. 

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As these faculties dominate the frame work 
they should in turn learn how to dominate 
according to the Divine will. 

You have a body, merely a framework, so 
to speak, which has to learn to harmonize it- 
self with its mentality and spirituality. This 
then becomes a Law, that is, this dominating 
power with its greater or lesser degree of 
Divinity. 

It may be but a thread, but as it is attached 
to the Divine mind it must expand and should 
be made to understand the power which is 
within itself. How to increase this speck of 
Divinity is not understood. What is meant 
by the Divine mind, should be studied, 
sought for, otherwise the efTort to awaken is 
not sufficiently strong; hence Chaos. 

To teach should be the efTort of those to 
whom some understanding is given. 

This can be accomplished through com- 
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munion. By communion we mean the effort 
to bring before the mind the workings of the 
Great mind, that is, putting one in touch with 
the other, so that there may be illumination ; a 
clearer vision of what is required of humanity. 
Until this vision is clearer Progress is ar- 
rested. 

The matter is simple. Man has but one 
brain, one Soul, and has the power to develop 
both, if he but use it. 

The brain, if not properly used, if never at- 
tuned to the Divine, becomes merely a me- 
chanical, every day working machine, is en- 
dowed with sufficient understanding to ac- 
complish more or less successfully the routine 
of a very material world. 

As this is only half man's mission, he fails 
in proportion as his grasp is puerile. By grasp 

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we mean his understanding of the Divine pur- 
pose. 

Mortals confuse one another with useless 
details. The so-called subconscious mind or 
serf, is but a construction of man's own mind. 
We are Souls. We recognize the Soul of man 
as kindred or akin to the Divinity. In reality, 
there is but one mind, and it is the action of 
this one mind that counts, being within the 
power of every mind to make it count. 

Paraphrases confuse, and mean very little 
to those who pretend to understand them. If 
they were all eradicated it would be much 
better. We refer particularly to phrases in 
books on such subjects. Man has but one brain. 
This one brain has different channels of 
thought, more or less powerful according to 
the power brought to bear. 

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Thought is a power, an active force for 
mental development. 

Through the power of the Law of Attrac- 
tion, mental growth is stimulated to action, be- 
comes then an individual effort or attainment, 
accountable to its Creative Force for its pro- 
gress and final development. 

How about the mind that is not endowed 
with intelligence? That mind is working its 
own salvation, according to the Divine Law, 
exactly the same. It has not the power of at- 
traction or the same faculty, because a law has 
been broken. 

The unendowed mind is not held respons- 
ible, except on the human plane of action, an 
infinitesimal period as compared with Eter- 
nity. 

The mind that is irregular in its action is 
not possessed of what you call "the Devil." 

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There is an imperfection in its mechanism, 
the chronometer is not always exact in its 
workings. 

Christ healed the mind by His superior 
wisdom, dominating the inferior intelligence, 
working always in accordance with the Di- 
vine Law, of which He had a complete under- 
standing as he was endowed. 

We have used the word endowed with in- 
tended significance. The gift of superior wis- 
dom is an endowment, and is given only to 
those who seek. 

Christ was endowed above all men of the 
Christian World. It is quite possible to un- 
derstand that other Souls may be endowed not 
all to the same extent. We shall have much 
to say on these matters at future times. 

You see but a small part of the Divine 
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workings. Some ripen through adversity, and 
to them it must come. 

The handicap of life is more physical than 
mental. A Soul may reach its perfection in a 
frame unworthy of it, as a flower may unfold 
in a dungheap. You see but the exterior, 
which is painful. 

It is required of each one that he should 
unfold to the utmost of his capacity, but if a 
Law has been broken and his capacity suffers, 
he is held accountable only in so far as he is 
able to grasp. 

But you do not ask about those who have 
broken a Law. Much, much, shall be required 
of them. "To whom much is given." Is not 
that the answer? 

To dominate the brain you open the mind 
to the Divine influence, to the higher thought. 

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To progress is to get out from sordid thoughts 
and ambitions. 

Sometimes it is an example that uplifts, 
sometimes the beauty of nature, sometimes the 
beauty of a life, or beautiful thought in print, 
sometimes, but rarely, the ambition to excel. 
In any case, whatever may be the stimulating 
cause, search for it. 

But it is not sought for. Men look down, 
there is gold, deep down in the Earth. All 
the earthly treasures are buried beneath the 
foot. The mind is trained to look earthward 
for the so-called advantages of an earthly life. 
Show me one who looks up, and I will show 
you millions who look down for their success. 
"Ye shall live by Faith alone, and walk in the 
knowledge of God." Digest those words, and 
you have the solution. 

Walking in the knowledge of God means 
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living with a better understanding of his Laws 
and his precepts, as well. By believing and 
making the effort to believe in the Love of 
God, you will receive light. The constant ef- 
fort of the mind to believe, drawing the facul- 
ties and the power of the mind or brain to one 
central thought, with continued effort and 
persistence, must in time develop an attitude 
of attraction, which through its attraction, 
draws to itself the Divine mind. It becomes 
an attribute of attraction and the end is accom- 
plished, but beware that no law be broken. 
So it is that the human mind is attuned to the 
Divine. 

Man has development of Soul or brain; 
some have more and some less, the form of de- 
velopment depending upon the power of the 
individual to attract a higher range, which 
would be accessible to him only by his reach- 

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tng out. You may call this action by any 
name you like, but that is what takes place, 
and illumination ensues; we mean a fuller 
comprehension of spiritual life. You will have 
to grow in order to receive. All who listen to 
Divine truth will first have to grow to under- 
stand it. There will always have to be the 
uplifting of the human race, and it is only by 
attainment that man may mark his progress, 
and no attainment, or rather perfection of at- 
tainment, is possible without ardent study. 

The power of one brain, or force, over an- 
other is an all absorbing force put into use 
through the active power of the brain, a dom- 
inating force superior in its strength to the 
lesser organism. 

This you call "Hypnotism." If in its use it 
is misapplied, that is, in the direction of Evil, 
or in promoting discord rather than harmony, 

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it becomes a crime. The force of this Law 
is stupendous, and not rightly understood. 
Control must emanate from within, and 
should be stimulated only by high and noble 
action, but through the perversity of human 
nature and the wilfulness of man he fails to 
see in this power any enobling thought and 
uses this gift greatly to his disadvantage. 

The Spirit of man is the embryo, the vital 
spark, the growth of which is dependent upon 
the Spiritual illumination. This Soul Life 
is separate, having its distinctive life apart 
from the intellectual faculties of the working 
mind. 

We would designate the mind as the men- 
tal laborer of the human structure. In men- 
tality there is the effort first to perceive, later 
to understand, then to assimilate what has been 
taken in, and finally to give out with greater 

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or lesser ability, according to the power of the 
human machine. 

Now, as aginst this force, is the illuminat- 
ing, or Spiritual force, having no mechanical 
action of its own, but implanted in the human 
structure with a Divine purpose, the intention 
being to illuminate as well as stimulate the 
highest attributes of mentality, so that as they 
function for their mental labor, they may at 
the same time draw on the Spiritual. The 
Spiritual illumination then of a mind depends 
upon its own power of Perception. It has no 
working power. We would draw your atten- 
tion to this difference between the two. The 
perceptive qualities are stimulated to growth 
by Endeavor, which is ever the watchword of 
progress. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

HOW CAN WE KNOW. 

CONSIDER the facts. Is it possible that 
a human brain of itself can give out 
adequate answers to questions of the 
Soul life? How can the mortal touch the ce- 
lestial? Beyond any question, what the human 
eye sees, is the impression produced by the 
brain. In the same way we produce our im- 
pressions on the brain. We grant that you can- 
not see us, but we have created that impres- 
sion. If it is not yet real to you we hope it 
will become so, as you progress in the study of 
the Soul life. 

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We can only give impressions of such reve- 
lations as lie in our power. We come rather 
to encourage and to cheer, than to battle with 
the facts of your existence. Faith is the one 
dominant feature of Progress. 

You live with minds attuned to the discords 
of your earthly plane. You live in the present 
hampered by anxieties. How much of your 
time is devoted to furthering your knowledge 
of the Divine Life? 

At the expiration of a given period, without 
preparation you expect to walk direct to the 
Almighty, when we, with our clearer vision, 
seeing far into the future, only dare to hope 
for these grander glories, made possible to us 
by earnest effort. Our purpose is to enlighten 
man, weighed down as he is in his earthly en- 
vironment; that he may eventually find the 
desire latent within him to do better things. 

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If we succeed in awakening this desire to any 
extent, we have not failed in our mission. The 
profounder the truth the greater the difficulty 
to grasp it. You can accept, or you can reject, 
but if you know, and if you feel that within 
yourself some ray of light penetrates the 
gloom of the darkness which surrounds you, 
you may find in that ray of light an answer 
to your problem, "How can we know?" 

In other words, look within for the answer. 

We hope in time to give you facts as well, 
which will arrest your attention, and be 
worthy of your consideration, and possibly 
substantiate some deeper glimmerings of your 
mind. 

We realize the power of convincing facts, 
as being the only stay, prop or guide to certain 
stages of development. We will endeavor to 
make corroborative statements, but as you can- 

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not expect the birds to soar aloft from within 
the narrow confines of the shell in which they 
begin life, so may you not dare to dream that 
the immortal Soul shall ascend with one 
bound into the realms of the Almighty. 

It should be clear to you now, that as the 
power of your vision is limited, so must the 
unfolding of your vision be slow and tedious. 

Try to decipher our meaning rather than 
to battle with conditions. The higher you 
look, the grander the ascent, and the nearer 
you will approach to the loved ones, and with 
the clearer perception which will come to you, 
you will progress. Do not lag by the way- 
side. 

We do not prove, but encourage and request 
that you, a child of God, shall open your mind 
and Soul to this wisdom, knowing that in so 

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doing you are more in touch with the life that 
awaits you here. 

In place of fact we give you hope. Later 
on we will give you the reasons why. These 
are the requirements we would force upon 
you. 

Think with all the intelligence and power 
of your mind on the Divine truths, pray, ask 
for guidance, make your demand unceasing, 
listen, and with your awakening we can ap- 
proach nearer. 

A lethargic soul remains in a lethargic state 
until aroused. The idea becomes not the over- 
powering one of, who I was, but of who I am 
and what I may become. The one grand Soul 
problem becomes one of attainment. What 
may I hope to become? 

The personality of your world, we might 
say the personality of the individual, being the 

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marked characteristic of your race, ends to a 
certain extent with the beginning of the Soul 
climbing. 

Attainment takes its place. In the desire 
for attainment we lose the rapturous desire for 
individuality known only on your plane. 

We do not wish you to gather from this that 
anything is lost by : or through this process. 

Individuality means nothing, individuals 
mean less. 

It is the concentrated power of thought, in- 
creasing, as it were, the great volume of Di- 
vine thought. This volume does not take on 
the Divinity of the Godhead. 

A mind may be stored with knowledge, may 
be endowed with great gifts, at the same time, 
may lack a single Divine idea. Therefore 
there are the two widely separate and differ- 
ent currents of thought, the material, and the 

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spiritual. It is the material condition in 
which you live which become the real stum- 
bling block to our forces, making the ap- 
proach so difficult. 

The wise man heeds the faint murmur; 
only the foolish turn a deaf ear. Work, pro- 
gress, and believe in yourselves. 

Life on the Earthly plane must come to its 
fulfilment through individual effort. 

Destiny is a false basis. 

Fate does not exist as so-called. Life pro- 
pounds your problems, the work of the mortal 
is to solve his problems, until such time as the 
mortal shall put on the immortal, when a clear 
vision shows the next stage of Progress. The 
inscrutable laws of the all wise God do not re- 
veal themselves in one generation but ripen 
with the desire for knowledge on the part of 
mankind. 

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You are not gripped in the clutch of an un- 
relenting Destiny. Fate has no power over a 
Soul. Climb. Listen. He who climbs hea- 
venward travels by the Grace of God, by the 
infinite power of the All Wise Sovereign, 
Ruler over all Laws of our Heaven and your 
Earth. 

Say not Destiny, say rather the fulfilment of 
a Divine Law. Fate exists not as the resent- 
less pursuer of man. Look for the light, gaze 
upward, through the clouds. 

As the eye of man beholds nature's marvel- 
ous handiwork^ so shall the soul in its progress 
come to a fuller realization of the glories 
awaiting its complete development here with 
us. 

The wish or desire on your part is all that 
is necessary to make good the demand for 
knowledge in your world. 

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It is as a command to us here to help you. 
Our forces here increase in volume in propor- 
tion to the demand. The impression created 
by a Holy desire becomes as a wave current, 
rolling and increasing in velocity until it be- 
comes a power or force. 

The combination of desire must be for the 
combined good of all. Only the ripe wheat 
is garnered. The forces live in you unaware ; 
the power is there. 

All are not equally developed, neither here; 
only through the comprehension of the Divine 
shall they progress. 



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CHAPTER X. 

PRAYER. 

PRAYER is the concentrated effort on 
the part of man to have direct help. 
There is no estimation too high to 
be put upon this power. It is the only con- 
centrated effort of man. 

Now the concentrated effort of many minds 
becomes a powerful force, a thought current. 
That is what becomes of the great force of 
which prayer is the symbol. 

This grandest desire on the part of man, 
through its very force, produces a correspond- 
ing current for good, as against evil. If you 

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withdraw that effort for good, the desire for 
improvement, you have taken away not only 
a portion of a great force, but have diminished 
to just that extent the answering current. In 
other words, if you do not draw on the prin- 
cipal, it will remain intact and you will be 
the loser. 

In the same way an undeveloped subject 
will remain a profound mystery until there is 
a concentrated force of purpose or intention 
brought to bear upon it. 

By starting a current you always get a coun- 
ter current. The great desire must always ema- 
nate from the Earthly plane. The develop- 
ment of any life would be in proportion to the 
desire of that life to uplift itself. 

Your world stands greatly in need of right 
thinking. That always will be the problem 
of your sphere. 

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There can be no definite answer to man 
other than that of arousing, or attempting to 
arouse him, from his lethargy. 

With greater effort progress becomes more 
rapid. 

The teachings are often at fault. An advance 
will come, not an immediate, rapid advance, 
that we could count; no Law could be broken 
to accomplish this^ but the gradual uplifting 
is one of the Divine tenets, and will therefore 
have its fulfilment. 

The desire sent out by man for knowledge, 
or help, or wisdom, becomes a current of 
thought, making a force which is felt here. 

This combination of desire on the part of 
man reverberates and resounds, reaching the 
highest realm. 

You understand that in answering prayer, 
no physical or spiritual law is broken. 

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The uplifting of the Soul during the mo- 
ment of prayer sends this luminous body just 
so much further ahead on its Divine journey. 

By luminous body we mean Soul; in the 
Soul help that would be sent, would be the 
direct answer to prayer. 

Do not ever give up prayer. It becomes the 
greatest, the most powerful force of man. 

It is one of the greatest wave currents of 
Force and the most powerful. 

You can readily see this because it emanates 
from the Soul for the improvement of the 
Spiritual condition. 

We cannot accentuate this point too strong- 
ly. It is one of the vital points of your life. 

We realize how material the world is, in 
asking for material things which mean noth- 
ing, either here or there. You lose sight of 

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the tremendous energy of thought, on which 
alone you can advance. 

The Spiritual must be taught. And not 
until man has had a glimmer of his Soul life 
can he ever get out of the material. We feel 
that if this idea reaches but one Soul, our work 
is not in vain. 

The great leaders of the world have learned 
this precept, have taught it, and they know it, 
but it is with the greatest difficulty the ordin- 
ary mortal arouses himself. 

This lethargy of the Soul is the greatest 
problem we have to contend with. 



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CHAPTER XI. 

MORAL LAW. 

THE Moral Law being Divine in its 
origin, that is, the germ having been 
implanted in the minds and souls of 
men, in all ages and in all generations, rinding 
its source in the Divine mind, becomes not 
merely a theory but a positive conclusion. 

Now the interpretation of this Divine mind 
or command is complex, owing to the perver- 
sion of man himself, in every clime, through 
all ages. 

At the beginning, the task imposed upon 
the human race, as above the Animal King- 

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dom, is that of Morality. By Morality we 
mean following the command of the Creator 
to the last letter of His Law. 

There are various interpretations of the 
word Morality, but as we penetrate the vari- 
ous paths leading from the great truth, we 
find but one interpretation. 

Animal life must exist on every plane. At 
first there was no recognition of a Moral Law. 
as there was but little intelligence or under- 
standing of any Divinity. 

Ignorance was bounded by superstition 5 
possibly vice. In accordance with the Great 
Law of Evolution, in time the mental faculties 
were stimulated to a higher plane of thought. 
Consequently men became self-imposed judg- 
es of their own actions. 

An era of keener perception developed. 
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With its influence came the ability to recog- 
nize the effect of improper action. 

Men became aware that they were to be 
held accountable for their actions. This was 
the Dawn of Civilization. 

Various truths of great magnitude were 
presented to the people by the leaders who 
held the vision of the Almighty in their minds. 

These wise men were the authors of sublime 
truths. 

They realized the Divinity in every life; 
they translated the word of God; they dwelt 
upon virtue as partaking of the Divine in its 
origin. These tenets given out by the leaders 
of the various Great faiths became as Laws. 

A trespass meant a Sin against a law. 

Each man to-day has his code of morals 
fitted to his purpose in this Life. Forgetful 

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of contamination, blind to his Spiritual ad- 
vancement, he remains but of the Earth, and 
is akin to the untutored. 

We do not intend to revolutionize your 
Laws, but do contend that in every case 
there is the Divine index, pointing the way. 

Any deviation from this Moral Law be- 
comes a Sin, and puts a stain upon the Soul as 
well as the mind, not only for the moment, but 
possibly may be entailed on future generations. 
This Law permits of no elasticity. 

Now as against this, are arguments in the 
minds of men at all times and in all ages. 

In the furtherance of ambition men wander 
from the truth ; the end, the so-called worldly 
end, is said to be justification of any means. 
The idea being to attain, at any cost. 

This end is the Earthly, sordid end of the 
finite mind, and the very fact of any man 

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thinking himself sufficiently strong to see what 
he calls the end, is ample proof to convict him. 
You cannot see the end. 

Every man knows when he searches in his 
soul for Truth, that any end, so-called, is but 
the falsest basis. The end is not of the Earth, 
or on the Earth. What he really seeks is self 
gratification. When he gets it, ambition is 
realized. He is therefore just that much 
retarded in his march towards Progress. 

He has not only lost his real end, but the 
vision also, which is a far greater loss than any 
human consummation or gratification can off- 
set 

Now, there are worthy ambitions. We rec- 
ognize the necessarily active brain absorbing, 
intellectual life on the Earthly plane. We see 
* the stepping-stones leading to the mile stones, 
but they who climb shall be made to walk in 

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honor and righteousness. Those who deviate 
from this path fall by the wayside, they lose 
sight in their self-absorption or gratification 
of the vision of Him who trod the path. 

Man's destiny is the fulfilment of his Soul's 
progress, and when he allows his progress to 
be hindered by any cause that is unworthy, he 
falls behind. 

Man has not a body or an intellect alone to 
bring forward. The body is but the structure, 
the intellect points the way and should hold 
to a correct marking of the way, with no 
more deviation than your compass, which is 
easily perfected by human ingenuity and me- 
chanical skill. 

The cry is, "the way is too difficult!' Each 
one's path seems set with obstructions, but the 
needle in the compass points the way equally 
in storm and sunshine. 

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You say in answer, the compass is simple, 
it is a machine, it is made for its purpose 
only. That is a fact, but Man is made in the 
image of His Maker, each with his compass, 
in perfect working order. He does not fol- 
low his compass, hence he assumes the respon- 
sibility of his future, and gradually as he finds 
himself unable to steer, having allowed his 
compass to get out of order, he is lost in hope- 
less entanglement. 

This condition is the result of his own ac- 
tion, therefore, he is held directly accountable. 

To retrace or to undo a wrong becomes 
more than difficult. 

Now, as to the vision. What is it? What 
does it mean? 

Man's vision is the hope of something bet- 
ter, it is the belief in Progress, it is the thought 
of the Divine mind, it is the purpose to do 

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right, and it becomes the constant cultivation 
of these thoughts, while in the act of attempt- 
ing any form of higher progress, that advance- 
ment is made. 

There will be false moves, but keeping ever 
the great thought of Eternity should be a 
great help. 

By Divine Love is meant compassion, pity, 
tenderness, but not reproach; a love so deep 
as to be unbounded, reaching through Eterni- 
ty, where every soul shall eventually find its 
final and complete rest. 

This vision is possible to each and every 
one, and is given in proportion to the capacity 
and endowment of each individual mind. A 
higher intelligence commands a higher vision, 
and is therefore accountable to its keener per- 
ception. These Souls become the leaders of 

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mankind. All have the ability to follow, there 
is nothing which may not be understood. 

Increase the vision, the power to see is a 
simple mental effort, quite within the reach 
of any human being. 

Learn to study the effect of immorality. The 
study of human nature in your day is an object 
lesson worthy of careful consideration. 

You need not go to any past generations for 
the example or proof; you will find sufficient 
opportunity in your own. 

You will find in giving careful considera- 
tion to this paper and following its precepts 
that you will make the beginning of a fitting 
end. 

The moral force becomes the controlling 
force. It dominates the action not only in your 
present stage of existence, but is intended to 
gain in its power of guidance or control as the 

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vision becomes clearer. It is the most power- 
ful elementary force, so-called elementary, be- 
cause in the earlier stages of development it 
becomes recognizable. 

The perversion of this elementary Law, 
which has the power to function in every in- 
dividual intelligence to a greater or lesser de- 
gree becomes criminal. 

Man sins not only against himself, the full 
extent of which he is unable possibly at the 
time to perceive, but commits the greater 
crime of sinning against His Maker, 'from 
whom he has had the intuitive knowledge 
given him as a warning. 

Therefore, with riper intelligence, and the 
power to decipher the complexities of the in- 
finite life, the deviation from the path of 
honor, virtue or righteousness becomes a dark- 
er stain, and can be expiated only by the ear- 

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nest and oftentimes painful endeavor, not only 
on Earth, but here above, where the lost op- 
portunities are easily to be found. 

These lost opportunities are as the milestones 
in your advance. They hinder the Spiritual 
advancement in proportion to their size, mak- 
ing the way complex and problematical. 

It behooves man, then, in view of his fu- 
ture, to keep within the elementary Law of 
Morality. 

We are well aware of the difficulties of a 
human career. We see the physical side of 
Nature. We see recreation, and we see the Ani- 
mal or Creative force with its natural stimu- 
lation, but as against this force we see spiritual 
equilibrium as the balance. Therefore the 
balance should poise itself with precision. 

The Laws of man have been arranged as an 
aid to the inevitable complexities arising from 

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every civilization. The interpretation of these 
Laws has become so devious as to have done 
away, to an extent, with the Elementary Law 
of Morality. 

Instead of stimulating his Spirit with deep- 
er knowledge and earnestly asking for guid- 
ance, he substitutes the overpowering influ- 
ence of the fool's Paradise. 

To overcome temptation is the greatest 
struggle on your Earth. Temptation is the 
rock upon which your ships go down. 

You now have the explanation of the intel- 
lectual development of Man, as against his 
physical nature. You have the Elementary 
Law of Morality, as the Divine Command, 
and the opposition to be met with as against 
this Law, by Man himself, the way he should 
attempt, at least, his deliverance, and the ef- 
fect of non-compliance with God's demand 
upon him. 

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CHAPTER XII. 

LAW OF LOVE AND ORDER. 

THE Law of Love and Order pertains 
to man. It is the governing, the con- 
trolling influence of his Earthly, as 
well as his future, life. 

The only understanding of the Divine Love 
is given him through his understanding of his 
finite affection. 

As he finds himself able to draw to him this 
gleam of Paradise, just in proportion is he 
able to approach the Divine Love. 

It is through the development of his under- 
standing of this Law that he is able to make a 

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proportionate gain. In other words, he draws 
himself within the Law of Harmony, which is 
not an elemental Law of Morality but the 
great Law of Love, of Divine Love. 

One has but to view the workings of the 
Master's mind to decipher His teachings, to 
understand what is required. 

The first step towards the climb is the com- 
mand, a Love your enemies," a simpler transla- 
tion of which is to "Forgive one another," and 
live with indulgence in your minds and hearts 
towards those who sin against you. 

By developing the understanding of this 
Law one takes comprehensive and wide range 
of vision and may hope by reason of this 
vision to get at, not only the Divine truths, 
but the approach to the Law of Harmony, to 
which we attain. On this Law we but touch, 
as it becomes in its completion the Law of 

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God and is the Divine consummation of the 
Law of Love. 

Only in the atmosphere of complete Har- 
mony can we approach or hope to attain. Cul- 
tivate then this great Law. 

To those who seem to have little or no Love 
in their lives, the creative force seemingly 
asleep or lost for a time will become exempli- 
fied further on in their career. 

The power of Love is implanted; that is, 
the ability to love, but through mistaken wan- 
derings or lack of use this creative power be- 
comes dim. 

Only cultivate it by sending it forth to 
others. It is bound to return, as nothing is lost. 

This Soul current needs vitality. It starts, 
but its energy is somewhat wasted, from the 
fact that it does not find its own likeness or 

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similar current of attraction, when it reaches 
the Earth. 

It might almost be called a wasted energy, 
as it cannot draw sufficient energy or vitality 
to reinforce itself as it should. It is the lack 
of that force in Man which holds him down. 

How can the bucket draw from the empty 
well? 

We have given you the conditions as we see 
them. We have given you the forces at work. 
We have penetrated into the mysteries of Life, 
and have helped to elucidate them, have given 

you the cause of the present situation, that 
with a clearer vision of the laws and forces, 
and the necessity for action may come a final 
comprehension. 

We see the working of these forces, we see 
the Soul current, which you cannot see, to 
which we attach ourselves to the utmost of our 

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capacity, comprehending its power, its bene- 
fit to the individual, and to the great human 
development. 

That is what development means — reach- 
ing the source ultimately, the perfect compre- 
hension of the Divine, that being our soul end, 
our work is to reproduce this desire and 
to stimulate this action on the part of mankind, 
as we do in our own sphere. 

The work along these lines is almost insur- 
mountable, but it is in accordance with the 
Divine Law. 

The understanding of a Divine truth can 
but be limited, but seeking to put one's self in 
the light of Divine knowledge is within the 
power of all. Progress means a more com- 
plete understanding of the Law of Love, and 
as you live in obedience to this Law your 
power of attraction must ever increase in pro- 

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portion to your endeavor. Seek not for your- 
self alone, but make strong the power of your 
thought request in your aim to help others. 

Soul life means but development on a 
higher plane. 

Evolution of the Spirit not seen of men — 
Death is but of the body, what remains of the 
mortal — shall be as dust, out of which shall 
arise the immortal, seeking its source within 
the atmosphere of perfect harmony. 

Slowly it awakens to the Divine touch, re- 
sponsive only as it has power to perceive, but 
at length pulsating with Divine energy, it be- 
gins dimly to have some grasp of its final des- 
tiny. 

"Pax V obiscum." 

"Problems of Your Generation." 

Daisy Dewey. 

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